Non-refillable bottle.



No. 679,9sa. Patented Aug. s, |901.

F. ABATE.

NON-BEFILLABLE BOTTLE.

(Application led Feb. 18, 1801.)

(No Model.)

v UNITED h STATES "PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK J. ABATE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGN OR OF ONE-HALF TO NICHOLAS JOHN GARTELMAN, OF SAME PLACE. A

NoN-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 679,931, dated August 6, 1901. Application filed February 13, 1901,.' Serial No. 47,097. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, FRANK J. ABATE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which t-he following is a specification.

This invention relates to non-refillable bottles; and it has for its object to provide an improved device of this class which shall be superior in point of positivenesss and certainly' of operation and simplicity in construction, which shall permit a free and even decanting of the contents, and which shall be proof against tampering with fraudulent intent.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of my improved non-retillable bottle. Fig. 2 is a detail transverse sect-ional view taken upon the line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of a valve embodied in my invention. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of a hollow plug embodied in my invention. p

Corresponding parts in all the gures are denoted by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates my improved non-refillable bottle, which comprises the body portion 2 of any desired form or type and a bottle-top 3, which embodies the non-reiillable features per se. The bottle-top 3 embodies a hood or cage 4, which is fitted over the neck portion 5 of the bottle and effectively prevents tampering with the inner valve device 6, which operates with respect to the orifice of the neck portion and prevents ingress, although permitting egress of liquid through the same. The hood or cage 4 is provided with a plurality of pouringopenings 7, through which the contents of the bottle may be decanted when the bottle is tilted to unseat the valve device 6.

In the preferred form of construction the hood or cage 4 consists of a dome-shaped top portion 8, which extends above the bottleneck and which is provided with a broad continuous dependingflange 9, which iits down around the sides of the neck portion and is secured to the same. To provide a simple and effective means of securing the ange to the neck portion, I form in the exterior sur-- face of the neck portion an annular groove or recess 10, into which theregistering portion of the liange is compressed or sunk, as at 11. The detachment of the hood or cage 4 from the neck portion is in this manner entirely precluded. The base of the crown 8 of the hood or cage is laterally ared, as at 12, and the iiange 9 depends from this laterally-dared portion.

The pouring-openings 7 are arranged in a continuous series at the base of the'dome 8, directly above the iiared portion 12, as shown in Fig. 3, and said openings extend through the crown 8 at angles with radial lines drawn from the center of the dome, the angularity being opposite in any two adjacent openings, but being the same in alternate openings. This arrangement of the openings eectually prevents the introduction of any implement through the same for the purpose of tampering with the valve device 6, as hereinafter more fully explained.

The valve device consists of a circular disk 13, which seats upon the annular upper end .portion 14' of a hollow cylindrical plug 14,

which latter is fitted within the neck portion and is cemented or otherwise irmly secured to the same. The valve-disk 13 is provided on its under side with a depending lug 15 and upon its upper side with a projecting centrally-arranged hollow nipple 16, the purpose of which is hereinafter described. The upper end of the plug 14 is provided with an annu'- lar `upwardlyprojecting ange 17, which surrounds the valve-seat 14a and within which the valve-disk 13 closely fits. The relative arrangement of parts is such that the valve-disk 13 in its normal seated position lies beneath the plane of the pouring-openings 7. The lug 15 is of such size as to permit the How of the contents of the bottle between the same and the inner walls of the hollow plug 14 and past the valve-disk 13, where the latter is unseated. The lug 15 is hollowed out or chambered, as at 15a, to form a continuation of the hollow interior of the nipple 16. 18 designates means Vfor maintaining the valve-disk 13 in normal seated position, and said means preferably consist of a threaded pin 18a, which passes vertically through a, threaded opening 19 in the top of IOD the crown 8 of the cage or hood 4. The pin.

18 is provided at its lower end with a liead20, which is arranged to enter the nipple 16, and atits upper end witha thu rnb-piece 21, whereby'it may be manipulated to adjust the'head with respect to the nipple 16. When the pin 18 is screwed down into the nipple, the bottle is effectually sealed and may be transported without danger of spilling the contents.

to The operation and advantages of my improved non-retillable bottle will be readily understood. The hollow plug 14 is seated in the neck portion and suitably secured therein, vand the bottle is then lled. The cage or hood 4 is then applied to the neck portion by passing the tiange 9 down around the sides of the same and securing the liange' in posilion by spinning the portion of the same which registers with the exterior groove 10 zo upon the neck portion into said exterior groove. The dome 8 of the cage or hood now effectually incloses the valve device 6, which is seated upon the upper end of the plug 14 previous to the connection of the hood or cage with the neck portion. By screwing down the pin 18 into the nipple 16 the valve-disk 13 is firmly seated upon its seat 14a and the exit of the contents of the bottle is positively prevented. The position of the parts is maiu- 3o tained during transportation or storage of the bottle and maintains a complete sealing of the bottle. When it is desired to decant the contents of the bottle, the'pin 18 is unscrewed from its operative position, permitting the unseating of the valve-disk 13 in the tilting of the bottle, and when the bottle is sufficiently tilted the contents may freely pass about the valve device 6 into the dome 8 and outwardly through the pouring-openings 7.

4o The pin 18 prevents the complete upsetting of the valve-disk, as it projects at all times within the nipple 16, and as soon as the bottle is restored to normal upright position the valve-v disk falls to its seated position. The head 2O prevents the detachment of the pin 18 through the threaded opening 19 and hence maintains it constantly in operative position with respect to the nipple 16. vThe pouring-openings 7 are of small diameter and, due to their an- 5o vgular extension with relation to the radii of the dome S, prevent the direct introduction of any implement into contact with the valve device to unseat the same and permit of re filling the bottle. The small diameter of these pouring-openings also operates to prevent the entrance of any liquid into the bottle in an attempt to refill the same either by-pouring or by immersion of the bottle in .the liquid. The pouring-openings 7 permit, however', a

6o free pouring of the contents of the bottle.

After the bottle has been emptied of its contents they dome 8 may be detached from the same, together with the valve device, to permit refilling of the bottle by severing the flange 9 from the dome 8 upon the transverse line at the point of connection of the flange with the dome. This operation is facilitated by forming the flange of relatively thin metal at this point. The several operative parts of the device may thus be reused, with the exception of the Iiange 9, which becomes useless after its initial use. The several parts of the device are preferably formed ofV suitable metal and may be plated or otherwise, as desired.

In reapplying the parts to the bottles after refilling the new ange 9 may be attached to the dome 8 by simply soldering or otherwise connecting the parts together.

The entire device is simple in construction and-nnfailing inoperation and eectually prevents tampering with-thevalve device 6 Ffor the purpose of fraudulently refilling the bottle.

I do not desire to be understood as limiting myself to the details of construction and arrangement as herein described and illustrated, as it is manifest that variations and modifications may be made in the features of construction and arrangements in the adaptation of the device to various conditions of use without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention and improvements. I therefore reserve the right to all such variation and modification as properly fall within the spirit'and scope of my invention and the termsof the followingclaims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. An improved non-retillable bottle, comprising a body portion and a neck portion, a valve device arranged with respect to the orilice of the neck portion, and a hood or cage inclosing and extending above the oritice of the neck portion and provided with a plurality of pouring-openings arranged in a series in a transverse plane, said pouringopenings extending angularly through Said hood or cage with respect to radii of the same whereby the introduction of a tool or implement through the same into engagement with said valve device is prevented.

2. An improved non-relillable bottle, comprising a body portion and a neck portion, a valve device arranged with respect to the neck portion, a hood orcage inclosing and vextending above the orifice of the neck portion, and means for locking the valve device in seated position, said valve device compris- 4ing a valve-disk which constitutes the valve proper and a depending lug and hollow nipple arranged respectively below and above said valve-disk, and saidl means for locking said valve device in seated position consist- -ing of an adjustable pin which is arranged to project within said hollow nipple.

` 3. An improved non-refillable bottle, comprising a body portion and a neck portion, a valve device arranged with respect to the orifice of the neck portionfa hood or cage inclosing and extending above the orifice of the neck portion, means for locking the valve device in seated position, and means for permanently securing the hoodv or cage in position, the hood or cage being provided with a IIO plurality of pouring-openings arranged in al In testimony whereof I have signed my continuous series in a transverse plane at the naine in the presence of the subscribing witbase of said hood or cage and in proximity nesses.

to the plane of the valve device, said pour- BANK Jl. ABATE. 5 ing-openings being arranged alternately in Witnesses:

parallel relation, and the adjacent pouring- J. R. LITTELL,

openings extending,r relatively angularly. M. M. DURKIN. 

